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For this Saturday only, Aug. 22, visitors and residents should plan for 30 minute delays along the Rock Creek Road as well as the standard Monday-Friday 30 minutes delays. As a reminder, these delays are scheduled between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.

In one more sign that the Walker Fire is coming under control, the Code Red Emergency Alert notice issued for Lee Vining and everything north of Double Eagle in June Lake (including Silver Lake and Grant Lake areas) for possible evacuation orders after the Walker Fire looked like it could pose a

The Rough Fire near Hume Lake added another 4,048 acres Sunday, Aug. 17, bringing the fire's total acreage to 20,098 acres, forcing the closure of the main highway into Kings Canyon National Park at its junction with Hume Lake, (S. R.

An National Weather Service Excessive Heat Watch has been upgraded to an Excessive Heat Warning for much of the area south of Mono County, and it is now in effect from noon Sunday, Aug. 15 to 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 16.

At approximately 5 a.m. this morning, Friday, Aug. 14, a limb from an oak tree fell in Upper Pines Campground in Yosemite Valley, striking a tent in which two minors were sleeping. Park Rangers responded to the campground to provide medical assistance, yet both minors were deceased.

Rising temperatures and strong winds are on their way this afternoon and into the weekend, as a Red Flag Warning goes into effect right now. The source of most of the smoke in the Eastern Sierra, the Rough Fire near Hume Lake, was at about 10,000 acres as of 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug.

A lightning-caused fire near Bridgeport along Buckeye Road is now at 125 acres and is being aggressively fought, according to fire officials. The fire started yesterday, Ayg. 12, at about 12:17 and quickly grew to about 75 acres.